Paweł Usiądek wrote that Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa is implementing a recovery program for the years 2026–2035, and by mid-2027, nearly 4,400 employees are expected to leave the company. According to him, production is to be maintained, and in the first half of the year, it increased by 4.2 percent. Usiądek stated that in September, Coal Energy, through its subsidiary Advanced Industrial Technologies, signed a contract for the dismantling and assembly of the mechanized support section at the Knurów-Szczygłowice mine, Szczygłowice site. He added that on October 5, the company concluded an emergency contract concerning urgent rebuilding and reinforcement of the excavations at the Borynia-Zofiówka mine, Zofiówka site. He described Coal Energy as a holding company registered in Luxembourg and listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange since 2011, which historically operated 10 mines in the Donbas. According to him, the company's strategy for the years 2025–2027 aims for a return to mining and engagement in the strategic raw materials sector. Usiądek quoted the statement of the president of Coal Energy, Wiktor Wiśniowiecki, who said that the recovery program of JSW serves as a market signal for the company, and reducing employment while maintaining production goals could increase demand for external services. The author criticized the situation, portraying it as the dismissal of 4,400 Polish miners and the takeover of their jobs by a Ukrainian company. He questioned why Poles are not being employed instead and deemed such a solution as absurd. #górnictwo #Polska #ukraina (translated)
